Sambou Sissoko (Malian footballer)

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Sambou Sissoko
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Mali
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kortrijk
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 USFAS Bamako
2019–2020 Djoliba AC
2020– Kortrijk 4 (0)
National team‡
2019 Mali U20 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2019

Sambou Sissoko (born 29 June 2000) is a Malian football player. He plays for Belgian club Kortrijk.

Club career[]

On 5 October 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Kortrijk in Belgium.[1] Due to visa complications, he did not arrive to the club until two months later.[2]

He made his Belgian First Division A debut for Kortrijk on 23 January 2021 in a game against Cercle Brugge.[3]

International career[]

He represented Mali at the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, which they won, and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Mali reached the quarterfinals.[4] He scored the decisive goal in the penalty shoot-out to eliminate Argentina in the Round of 16.

References[]

  1. ^ "MALINESE BELOFTENINTERNATIONAL VERSTERKT KV KORTRIJK" (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "SAMBOU SISSOKO IN KORTRIJK" (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Kortrijk v Cercle Brugge game report". Soccerway. 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Italy U20 v Mali U20 game report". FIFA. 7 June 2019.

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